Microservices
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Microservices skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 58 68
Rank change year-on-year -50 +10 -14
Permanent jobs citing Microservices 1,560 1,934 3,633
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.70% 4.37% 3.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.33% 4.72% 4.14%
Number of salaries quoted 1,124 974 2,707
10th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,750 £57,750 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £73,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% +13.08% -14.23%
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £113,750 £115,000 £103,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £61,206
% change year-on-year -7.14% +14.37% -9.32%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Microservices falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 66,839 40,980 87,741
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 72.86% 92.69% 82.42%
Number of salaries quoted 45,659 21,831 62,274
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -9.09%

Microservices
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microservices relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Microservices job vacancy trend in the UK

Microservices
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices

Microservices
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microservices over the 6 months to 10 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Microservices in the UK

Microservices
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microservices within the UK over the 6 months to 10 June 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -41 1,421 £75,000 +0.42% 429
UK excluding London -89 743 £65,000 -7.14% 304
London -7 698 £85,000 +0.29% 177
Work from Home -32 680 £68,500 -2.14% 294
North of England -45 318 £69,310 -3.74% 92
South East -41 189 £67,500 -3.57% 95
North West -57 169 £75,000 +7.14% 63
Yorkshire -36 81 £69,305 -5.94% 17
Midlands -73 78 £67,500 -1.82% 23
South West -83 70 £52,500 -23.39% 46
North East +14 68 £65,000 -6.50% 13
West Midlands -51 56 £78,750 +12.50% 14
East of England -24 38 £60,100 +0.17% 15
Scotland -61 28 £62,500 -20.03% 13
East Midlands -65 21 £65,000 - 9
Wales -39 19 £59,085 +13.63% 12
Northern Ireland -29 7 £62,500 +25.00% 11
Isle of Man - 3 £35,000 -

Microservices
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 24 (1.54%) Apache Spark
2 17 (1.09%) Confluence
3 12 (0.77%) Apache
3 12 (0.77%) CMS
3 12 (0.77%) IIS
4 10 (0.64%) JBoss
5 8 (0.51%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 8 (0.51%) OpenStack
5 8 (0.51%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 6 (0.38%) WordPress
7 5 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
7 5 (0.32%) Drupal
8 4 (0.26%) Camunda
8 4 (0.26%) GeoServer
8 4 (0.26%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.13%) Apache Pulsar
9 2 (0.13%) Liferay
9 2 (0.13%) nginx
9 2 (0.13%) NServiceBus
9 2 (0.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (0.45%) MS Visio
2 6 (0.38%) PlantUML
3 5 (0.32%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.32%) Oracle Retail
3 4 (0.26%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (0.26%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.13%) Shopify
6 1 (0.064%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.064%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 833 (53.40%) AWS
2 656 (42.05%) Azure
3 299 (19.17%) GCP
4 239 (15.32%) Serverless
5 152 (9.74%) SaaS
6 143 (9.17%) GitHub
7 132 (8.46%) Azure DevOps
8 114 (7.31%) AWS Lambda
9 96 (6.15%) Amazon S3
10 89 (5.71%) Amazon EKS
11 80 (5.13%) AWS CloudFormation
12 66 (4.23%) Amazon ECS
13 65 (4.17%) Azure Service Bus
14 63 (4.04%) Amazon EC2
15 62 (3.97%) Amazon SQS
16 53 (3.40%) Azure AKS
17 48 (3.08%) GitHub Copilot
18 45 (2.88%) GitHub Actions
19 43 (2.76%) Amazon CloudWatch
20 42 (2.69%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 60 (3.85%) Broadband
2 22 (1.41%) Network Security
3 11 (0.71%) DNS
3 11 (0.71%) MQTT
4 9 (0.58%) DMARC
5 8 (0.51%) VPN
6 7 (0.45%) DHCP
6 7 (0.45%) Firewall
6 7 (0.45%) HTTP
7 6 (0.38%) AMQP
7 6 (0.38%) Cisco ASA
7 6 (0.38%) Internet
7 6 (0.38%) TCP/IP
8 5 (0.32%) LTE
8 5 (0.32%) RFID
9 4 (0.26%) Hyperconnected
10 3 (0.19%) Modbus
11 2 (0.13%) HTTPS
11 2 (0.13%) SNMP
11 2 (0.13%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 205 (13.14%) MongoDB
2 190 (12.18%) NoSQL
3 172 (11.03%) PostgreSQL
4 96 (6.15%) MySQL
5 82 (5.26%) Elasticsearch
6 81 (5.19%) Relational Database
7 70 (4.49%) Azure SQL Database
7 70 (4.49%) SQL Server
8 47 (3.01%) DynamoDB
9 41 (2.63%) Redis
10 40 (2.56%) Amazon RDS
11 28 (1.79%) Big Data
12 26 (1.67%) BigQuery
13 23 (1.47%) RDBMS
14 9 (0.58%) Pinecone
15 7 (0.45%) Db2
15 7 (0.45%) Power BI
16 6 (0.38%) Data Lake
16 6 (0.38%) Hadoop
16 6 (0.38%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 185 (11.86%) Git
2 146 (9.36%) GitLab
3 123 (7.88%) Jenkins
4 53 (3.40%) TeamCity
5 47 (3.01%) JUnit
6 42 (2.69%) JIRA
7 37 (2.37%) Cucumber
8 33 (2.12%) Mockito
9 30 (1.92%) Cypress.io
10 29 (1.86%) Maven
11 28 (1.79%) CircleCI
11 28 (1.79%) Claude Code
12 18 (1.15%) Selenium
13 16 (1.03%) JMeter
14 15 (0.96%) SonarQube
15 14 (0.90%) Vite
16 12 (0.77%) Postman
17 11 (0.71%) REST Assured
18 10 (0.64%) Bitbucket
19 8 (0.51%) Visual Studio
General
1 422 (27.05%) Finance
2 293 (18.78%) Social Skills
3 155 (9.94%) Banking
4 142 (9.10%) Public Sector
5 90 (5.77%) Analytical Skills
6 88 (5.64%) Retail
7 87 (5.58%) Law
8 80 (5.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 53 (3.40%) Financial Institution
10 45 (2.88%) Back Office
11 30 (1.92%) Telecoms
12 27 (1.73%) Influencing Skills
13 24 (1.54%) Marketing
14 18 (1.15%) Advertising
14 18 (1.15%) Billing
15 15 (0.96%) Aerospace
16 13 (0.83%) Legal
17 10 (0.64%) Front Office
17 10 (0.64%) Manufacturing
18 9 (0.58%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 531 (34.04%) Developer
2 393 (25.19%) Senior
3 318 (20.38%) Software Engineer
4 226 (14.49%) Architect
5 211 (13.53%) Lead
6 135 (8.65%) Full-Stack Developer
7 131 (8.40%) Java Developer
8 120 (7.69%) Java Engineer
9 118 (7.56%) Senior Developer
10 111 (7.12%) .NET Developer
11 109 (6.99%) Senior Software Engineer
12 86 (5.51%) Solutions Architect
13 68 (4.36%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 67 (4.29%) Principal Engineer
15 63 (4.04%) Software Developer
16 56 (3.59%) Lead Developer
17 54 (3.46%) DevOps Engineer
18 52 (3.33%) Senior Java Engineer
19 48 (3.08%) Java Software Engineer
20 43 (2.76%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 353 (22.63%) .NET
2 335 (21.47%) React
3 292 (18.72%) Node.js
4 264 (16.92%) Spring
5 256 (16.41%) RESTful
6 240 (15.38%) Spring Boot
7 215 (13.78%) REST
8 194 (12.44%) Kafka
9 144 (9.23%) AngularJS
10 124 (7.95%) .NET Core
10 124 (7.95%) Vue
11 120 (7.69%) ASP.NET
12 94 (6.03%) ASP.NET Core
13 82 (5.26%) HTML
14 81 (5.19%) gRPC
15 73 (4.68%) CSS
16 66 (4.23%) .NET Framework
17 62 (3.97%) RabbitMQ
18 56 (3.59%) ASP.NET Web API
18 56 (3.59%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 458 (29.36%) Cloud Native
2 268 (17.18%) Distributed Systems
3 110 (7.05%) Product Ownership
4 74 (4.74%) Legacy Systems
5 69 (4.42%) Enterprise Software
6 47 (3.01%) Greenfield Project
7 46 (2.95%) Video\Live Streaming
8 45 (2.88%) Over-the-Top Content
9 33 (2.12%) Algorithms
10 31 (1.99%) Data Structures
11 29 (1.86%) Public Cloud
12 26 (1.67%) Onboarding
13 25 (1.60%) Self-Motivation
14 23 (1.47%) Distributed Architecture
14 23 (1.47%) Mobile App
15 22 (1.41%) AI Agents
16 21 (1.35%) Legacy Applications
16 21 (1.35%) PKI
17 20 (1.28%) e-Learning
18 18 (1.15%) Blockchain
Operating Systems
1 92 (5.90%) Linux
2 39 (2.50%) Windows
3 20 (1.28%) Unix
4 7 (0.45%) CentOS
4 7 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (0.32%) Android
5 5 (0.32%) Debian
5 5 (0.32%) Ubuntu
6 4 (0.26%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.19%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.13%) AIX
9 1 (0.064%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 791 (50.71%) CI/CD
2 649 (41.60%) Agile
3 569 (36.47%) DevOps
4 565 (36.22%) Software Engineering
5 399 (25.58%) Full-Stack Development
6 388 (24.87%) Containerisation
7 358 (22.95%) Mentoring
8 332 (21.28%) Test Automation
9 310 (19.87%) Event-Driven
10 298 (19.10%) AI
10 298 (19.10%) Continuous Improvement
11 289 (18.53%) Infrastructure as Code
12 273 (17.50%) Problem-Solving
13 195 (12.50%) Scrum
14 191 (12.24%) Event-Driven Architecture
14 191 (12.24%) Technical Leadership
15 185 (11.86%) Coaching
16 179 (11.47%) Clean Code
16 179 (11.47%) TDD
17 159 (10.19%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 530 (33.97%) Java
2 399 (25.58%) Python
3 353 (22.63%) SQL
4 337 (21.60%) JavaScript
5 336 (21.54%) C#
6 254 (16.28%) TypeScript
7 120 (7.69%) Go
8 50 (3.21%) Scala
9 47 (3.01%) PHP
10 43 (2.76%) C++
11 41 (2.63%) Bash
12 34 (2.18%) Ruby
13 27 (1.73%) C
14 23 (1.47%) Rust
15 21 (1.35%) PL/SQL
15 21 (1.35%) PowerShell
16 18 (1.15%) Kotlin
17 17 (1.09%) Bicep
18 14 (0.90%) Shell Script
19 11 (0.71%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 183 (11.73%) Security Cleared
2 161 (10.32%) Degree
3 123 (7.88%) SC Cleared
4 83 (5.32%) Computer Science Degree
5 58 (3.72%) AWS Certification
6 30 (1.92%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 29 (1.86%) DV Cleared
8 27 (1.73%) CISSP
9 26 (1.67%) Azure Certification
10 19 (1.22%) Master's Degree
11 18 (1.15%) TOGAF Certification
12 14 (0.90%) DBS Check
13 12 (0.77%) CISM
14 11 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
15 8 (0.51%) PhD
16 7 (0.45%) BPSS Clearance
16 7 (0.45%) ISTQB
17 6 (0.38%) AWS Certified Developer
18 5 (0.32%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
18 5 (0.32%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 109 (6.99%) QA
2 50 (3.21%) Accessibility
3 36 (2.31%) GDPR
4 34 (2.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 25 (1.60%) PCI DSS
6 24 (1.54%) NIST
7 21 (1.35%) SOC 2
8 14 (0.90%) GRC
8 14 (0.90%) WCAG
9 13 (0.83%) NCSC
10 11 (0.71%) Actionable Recommendations
11 8 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
12 7 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (0.19%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 3 (0.19%) IFRS
13 3 (0.19%) ISO 9001
13 3 (0.19%) SEPA
14 2 (0.13%) ISO 20022
15 1 (0.064%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 441 (28.27%) Docker
2 17 (1.09%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.19%) Firmware
4 2 (0.13%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.064%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 475 (30.45%) Kubernetes
2 294 (18.85%) Terraform
3 86 (5.51%) Ansible
3 86 (5.51%) Grafana
4 47 (3.01%) Prometheus
5 23 (1.47%) Kibana
6 22 (1.41%) Argo
7 14 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
8 13 (0.83%) Puppet
9 12 (0.77%) Cilium
10 6 (0.38%) HP Fortify
11 4 (0.26%) Packer
11 4 (0.26%) Podman
12 3 (0.19%) Rancher
13 2 (0.13%) Istio
13 2 (0.13%) MIIS
13 2 (0.13%) Nagios
13 2 (0.13%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 187 (11.99%) Microsoft
2 66 (4.23%) Google
3 50 (3.21%) Oracle
4 45 (2.88%) Typelevel
5 23 (1.47%) OpenAI
6 21 (1.35%) Dynatrace
6 21 (1.35%) Splunk
7 16 (1.03%) AppDynamics
8 13 (0.83%) IBM
8 13 (0.83%) Red Hat
9 10 (0.64%) Adobe
9 10 (0.64%) SendGrid
10 9 (0.58%) CrowdStrike
10 9 (0.58%) Databricks
10 9 (0.58%) Guidewire
10 9 (0.58%) Salesforce
10 9 (0.58%) ServiceNow
11 8 (0.51%) Cisco
12 7 (0.45%) HubSpot
12 7 (0.45%) SAP